Grade 10 ESL Flashcards: The Passive Voice

How to Present

• Print on card if possible, cut along the dashed lines.
• Use for matching, sorting, snap and memory games (see the Teacher Resources).
• Display on the word wall during the unit.

Teacher Tips

Real labels ("Made in Vietnam") are a great hook for the present simple passive. News headlines are full of passives — use the day's news in lesson 4.

Learning Objectives

• Explain when and why we use the passive voice.
• Form the passive with be + past participle in the present simple, past simple, present perfect and future, and with modal verbs.
• Use the past participles of common regular and irregular verbs correctly.
• Change active sentences into the passive and decide when to include "by + agent".
• Use the passive to describe a process and to write a short news report.

Differentiation

Support: Give a list of past participles on the desk. Challenge: Passive with continuous tenses: "The road is being repaired." English language learners: Color-code: be (blue) + past participle (orange).

What's Included

• Formula cards: 5 cards
• Irregular verb cards: 6 cards
• Process cards: how chocolate is made (shuffle): 5 cards
• Answer guide for matching and sorting

Additional Files

• Grade 10 ESL Flashcards: The Passive Voice (DOCX)

Teacher Reviews